Used for exposing United States "Prism project" aidehua·sinuodeng of former CIA members, recently appeared in a Conference, held at the Auckland Museum, as he himself is still Russia asylum, unable to return to the United States. Select by using the Beam of a video call robot he Pro "Airborne".

Snowdon first mentioned has this year had big hot of enhanced reality (AR) game Elf treasure can dream Go, he said although he I and no play too more, but think this paragraph game caused of effect will will far Super game of category, and change people view world, and treats each other of way, "this paragraph game can makes AR technology more than in entertainment field get application".

He further for example, AR technology one day "to tell people how to get to the hospital and interviews, also told people's political history, in this country, who where to live, where there are opportunities, people will have an effect where, what and what is here, such as whether police killed an unarmed personnel, and so on. ”

Lord Snowdon believes that the Elf treasure so popular because of the dreams Go, is to allow people to share in highly crowded areas, only need a mobile phone to achieve by AR technologies interact. He predicts that AR technology will experience "from smartphones to HoloLens (Note: Microsoft AR glasses) and glasses of change, will become part of people's daily lives. ”

But he pointed out that the AR in addition to the positive effect on the political, historical, there are also negative factors, such as with AR technologies mature, beyond the game areas, real-world AR is likely to lead to "the tyranny of the majority", harassment and abuse.

Lord Snowdon himself appeared, bringing the lingering political color, while he also AR, VR (virtual reality) future Outlook express views in the political sphere:

" We now in a special of history moments, may will witness ' exile ' as a effective of political means, will ushered in it of end ," Republika Connaught Deng is obviously is said has himself was United States "exile" of facts, but he said "we in VR technology field has has has non-than unusual of evolution, now and towards has enhanced reality this a stage, future of years, I may no longer is like now such a with wheels of robot, even fundamental not entity of exists, Although unable to touch myself, but it feels more real. ”

Snow predicted the future of AR, but Snowdon himself acknowledges, including his own, and no one can know how to:

"Is a boon or a curse, no one talked. Can only say that we are in a season of possibilities, to reshape our relationship to technology, as well as with each other. And in recent decades is more important, we all know what happens in the political field, we set out to make the future brighter direction. ”

曾经因揭露美国“棱镜计划”的前CIA成员爱德华·斯诺登，近日在奥克兰博物馆举行的一场大会中现身，由于他本人仍受俄罗斯庇护，无法回到美国。他选择通过使用一台视频通话机器人Beam Pro“空降”现场。

斯诺登先是提到了今年曾经大热门的增强现实（AR）游戏《精灵宝可梦Go》，他说虽然他本人并没有玩太多，但认为这款游戏造成的影响将会远超游戏的范畴，乃至改变人们看待世界、对待彼此的方式，“这款游戏可以使得AR技术不止在娱乐领域得到应用”。

他进一步举例，有一天AR技术“能够告诉人们如何前往医院和面试，也会告诉人们政治历史、这个国家发生着什么、谁在哪里生活、哪里又有机会，人们会在哪里造成影响、这里又发什么了什么，比如有没有警察杀害了一名非武装人员，等等。”

斯诺登认为，《精灵宝可梦Go》如此走俏的原因，就在于让人们能够在高度拥挤的地带，只需要一部手机来实现通过AR技术交互。他更预言，AR技术将会经历“从智能手机到HoloLens（注：微软的AR眼镜）再到普通眼镜的变迁，会成为人们日常生活的一部分。”

不过他指出，AR除了在政治、历史上的积极影响外，也会存在负面因素，比如随着AR技术的成熟，超越游戏领域后，现实世界的AR很可能导致“多数人的暴政”，进行骚扰和滥用。

斯诺登本人一出场，就带来挥之不去的政治色彩，而他也对AR、VR（虚拟现实）将来在政治领域的前景表达了看法：

“我们现在处于一个特殊的历史时刻，可能会见证‘流放’作为一种有效的政治手段，将迎来它的末日，”斯诺登很明显是表示了自己被美国“流放”的事实，但他称“我们在VR技术领域已经有了非比寻常的进化，如今又迈进了增强现实这一阶段，今后的几年，我可能不再是像现在这样一个带轮子的机器人，甚至根本不是实体的存在，虽然无法触摸我本人，但感觉起来会更加得真实。”

虽然斯诺登预言了AR的未来，但是斯诺登本人也承认，包括他自己在内，没人能知道接下来会如何：

“是福音还是诅咒，没人说得清。只能说我们处在一个充满可能性的时期，能够重塑我们和技术、以及彼此之间的关系。而在最近的几十年里更加重要的是，我们都知道在政治领域里发生了什么，我们要着手让它的未来朝着更加光明的方向去。”